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Re: [readline] Multibyte invisible chars cause weird prompt length calculation issue

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On 11/25/19 10:05 AM, Алексей Шилин wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
> I'm using the following PS1 prompt (Debian's default for normal users):
> 
> \[\e]0;\u@\h:
> \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\
> ]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
> 
> ...where the first block '\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]' is for setting xterm's
> title, and the rest is Debian's "fancy" shell prompt.

Is there a literal newline in the prompt string? And is it in the middle
of the non-printing character block?


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Re: [readline] Multibyte invisible chars cause weird prompt length calculation issue Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-11-27 11:02 -0500

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